THE KATE GREENAWAY BOOK; A Collection of Illustration, Verse and Text
New York: A Studio Book / The Viking Press, 1976. Kate Greenaway. Cloth. Small 4to, orange cloth with gold lettering on spine,profusely illustrated by Kate Greenaway with B&W frontispiece, in-text B&W and full color pictures, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with little girl standing beside a pine tree by Greenaway, pale blue endpapers, 141, [142-144] pages. Very Fine / Fine. Item #5909
ISBN: 0670411833
Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 – 1901) was an esteemed English Victorian artist and writer, known for her charming and much loved children's book illustrations. Her depictions of lovey children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style.
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION overall for this EXCELLENT ILLUSTRATED STUDY: beautiful and a very useful reference.
Price: $30.00